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Tinu Bosînceanu
I'm Tinu. Born in Suceava, math at Harvard, a few years in finance in the US, and since 2017 back in Bucharest running Upgrade Education, where we've helped over 1,500 Romanian teenagers get into places like Cambridge, Oxford, Harvard and ETH. I co-wrote Study Abroad, which was, as far as I can tell, the first book in Romanian about any of this.
This site is where I think out loud. A vlog every day, in Romanian — a few minutes, one idea. Essays in English when an idea needs more room. Mostly about education, about building something from here instead of somewhere easier, and about the small decisions that turn out to be the big ones.
Vlog
All entries →Ziua 3 — „Cum poți să pleci din America în România?"
Ce mi-au spus investitorii în 2017, de ce aveau pe jumătate dreptate și de ce m-am întors oricum.
Ziua 2 — Notele sunt un prag, nu un avantaj
Media de 9,80 nu te bagă la Harvard. Te aduce doar până la linia de start.
Ziua 1 — De ce încep un vlog zilnic
Nu ca să devin influencer. Ca să gândesc cu voce tare, în fiecare zi, și să văd ce rămâne.
Articles
All articles →Nine Years of Upgrade: A Letter to Myself in 2017
I started an education company in Bucharest with €5,000 and a borrowed classroom. What I'd go back and say to that version of me.
What Top Universities Actually Select For
Grades and medals get you to the line. Above it, universities are looking for one thing, and most Romanian applicants have never been asked for it.
Why Romanian Talent Underprices Itself
The world doesn't discount Romanians nearly as much as Romanians discount themselves. Where the discount comes from, and how to stop paying it.